Films Seen in December
Note – I’ve tried time and time again to offer up brief reviews of every film I watch, which by now I have to confess is an impossible chore for me stay on top of. To keep myself somewhat dedicated to this site, I’m going to at least try to offer reviews of all the recent films I see. So anything I see made within the last 3 years, plan on finding a review in this log.
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  Below is listed the touring Owen Land retrospective. Seek out these unique works by all means . For a description of films and future dates, go here.

02. Remedial Reading Comprehension (1970, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm, 5min.] - a must see
03. Fleming Faloon (1963, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm , 5min.] - worth seeing
04. Film in Which There Appear Edge Lettering, Sprocket Holes, Dirt Particles, Etc. (1966, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm, 4min.] - Masterpiece
05. Bardo Follies (1967-76, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm, 20min.] - a must see

06. What’s Wrong With This Picture? 1 (1971, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm, 5min.] - a must see
07. What’s Wrong With This Picture? 2 (1971, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm, 6min.] - a must see
08. Institutional Quality (1969, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm , 5min.] - worth seeing
09. On the Marriage Broker Joke as Cited by Sigmund Freud in Wit and its Relation to the Unconscious or Can the Avant-Garde Artist Be Wholed ? (1979, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm, 18min.] - Masterpiece
10. The Film that Rises to the Surface of Clarified Butter (1968, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm, 9min.] has redeeming facet
11. Diploteratology (1978, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm, 7min.] - worth seeing
12. “No Sir, Orison!” (1975, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm, 3min.] - Masterpiece
13. Wide Angle Saxon (1975, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm, 22min.] - Masterpiece
14. Thank You Jesus for the Eternal Present (1973, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm, 6min.] - worth seeing
15. A Film of Their 1973 Spring Tour Commissioned by Christian World Liberation Front of Berkeley, California (1974, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm, 12min.] - worth seeing
16. New Improved Institutional Quality: In the Environment of Liquids and Nasals a Parasitic Vowel Sometimes Develops (1976, USA) Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow) [short; 16mm, 10min.] - Masterpiece
21. Jacob's Ladder (1990, USA) Adrian Lyne - a must see
22. Land of the Dead (2005, USA) George A. Romero - Excellent [3rd viewing; no change in rating]
24. A Letter to Three Wives (1949, USA) Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Excellent
25. The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928, USA) Robert Florey and Slavko Vorkpich [short] - Masterpiece
27. Dagon (2001, Spain) Stuart Gordon - a must see [second viewing; rating up from **]
28. Dog Soldiers (2002, UK) Neil Marshall - worth seeing
29. Murderball (2005, USA) Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro - has redeeming facet
30. Western Union (1941, USA) Fritz Lang - a must see
31. A Night Out (1915, USA) Charles Chaplin [short] - worth seeing
33. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005, USA) Andrew Adamson - a must see
36. Stir of Echoes (1999, USA) David Koepp - worth seeing
38. Nightmare Alley (1947, USA) Edmund Goulding - a must see
39. Nowhere Man (2004, USA) Tim McCann - a must see
40. Revolution #9 (2001, USA) Tim McCann - a must see
41. Mutual Appreciation (2005, USA) Andrew Bujalski - [2nd viewing; no change in rating]
42. The Awakening (1990, USA) Nacho Cerdà, Ethan Jacobson, Francisco Stohr [short] - worthless
43. Genesis (1998, Spain) Nacho Cerdà - has redeeming facet - It's safe to call this guy a hack.
44. A Bittersweet Life (2005, South Korea) Kim Ji-woon - a must see
45. Unknown Chaplin (1983, UK) Kevin Brownlow and David Gill (3 Episodes) - Excellent
46. Son of Kong (1933, USA) Ernest B. Schoedsack - worth seeing
47. The Beast Within (1982, USA) Phillippe Mora - worth seeing
48. Last Days of Disco (1998, USA) Whit Stillman - a must see
51. Love (1971, Hungary) Károly Makk - Masterpiece
52. In the Land of the Deaf (1992, France) Nicolas Philibert - a must see
53. Dead & Buried (1981, USA) Gary Sherman - worth seeing
54. Kiss of Death (1947, USA) Henry Hathaway - a must see
55. Pride & Prejudice (2005, UK) Joe Wright - a must see
58. The Family Stone (2005, USA) Thomas Bezucha - has redeeming facet
59. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004, USA) Wes Anderson [second viewing; no change in rating] - see 2004 Top 10 List
60. Deep Rising (1998, USA) Stephen Sommers - worth seeing
61. Enduring Love (2004, UK) Roger Michell - worth seeing
64. Wolf Creek (2005, Australia) Greg McLean - worth seeing
65. Pretty Persuasion (2005, USA) Marcos Siega - a must see
66. Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994, Finland) Aki Kaurismäki - Masterpiece
68. The Gate (1987, USA) Tibor Takács - has redeeming facet
69. Breakfast on Pluto (2005, Ireland) Neil Jordan - worth seeing
72. Candy Stripe Nurses (1974, USA) Alan Holleb - worth seeing

 

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